Nicoletta Pasquale, known also as Coletta Pasquale or Paschale (
Latin
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: ''Nicoletta Paschalis'') () was an Italian poet.
Biography
Nicoletta Pasquale was a noblewoman of
Messina
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, a poet and intellectual. Little is known about her education and private life. She was mentioned by the historian
Antonio Mongitore in his biographical work ''Bibliotheca Sicula'', which in turn was used as a source for the work ''L'istoria della volgar poesia'' (History of vernacular poetry) by the literary critic
Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni
Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni (October 9, 1663March 8, 1728) was an Italian critic and poet. Crescimbeni was a founding member and leader of the erudite literary society of Accademia degli Arcadi in Rome.
Biography
Born in Macerata, which was then ...
, first published in 1698.
Works
Nicoletta Pasquale left a legacy of several
sonnet
A sonnet is a poetic form that originated in the poetry composed at the Court of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in the Sicilian city of Palermo. The 13th-century poet and notary Giacomo da Lentini is credited with the sonnet's invention, ...
s and a
sestina
A sestina (, from ''sesto'', sixth; Old Occitan: ''cledisat'' ; also known as ''sestine'', ''sextine'', ''sextain'') is a fixed verse, fixed verse form consisting of six stanzas of six lines each, normally followed by a three-line envoi. The wor ...
. Some of her poetic contributions were published in ''Il sesto libro delle rime di diversi eccellenti autori'' and in ''Il Tempio alla divina signora donna Giovanna d'Aragona'',
both anthologies collected and edited by
Girolamo Ruscelli Girolamo Ruscelli (1518–1566) was an Italian Mathematician and Cartographer active in Venice during the early 16th century. He was also an alchemist, writing pseudonymously as Alessio Piemontese.
Biography
Girolamo Ruscelli was born in Vi ...
and published in Venice in 1553 and 1555, respectively.
See also
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Devorà Ascarelli
Devorà Ascarelli was a 16th-century Italian poet living in Rome, Italy. Ascarelli may have been the first Jewish woman to have a book of her own work published.
Biography
Little is known about Devorà Ascarelli, and some of what is known is con ...
, first published Jewish female author
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Laura Battiferri
Laura Battiferri (1523–1589), also called Laura Battiferri Ammannati, was an Italian poet during the Renaissance period. She was born in Urbino, Marche, Italy as the illegitimate daughter of Giovanni Antonio Battiferri from Urbino and Maddalen ...
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Isotta Brembati
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Maddalena Campiglia
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Veronica Franco
Veronica Franco (1546–1591) was an Italian poet and courtesan in 16th-century Venice. She is known for her notable clientele, feminist advocacy, literary contributions, and philanthropy. Her humanist education and cultural contributions influe ...
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Isabella di Morra
Isabella di Morra (c. 1520 – 1545/1546) was an Italian poet of the Renaissance. An unknown figure in her lifetime, she was forced by her brothers to live in isolation, which estranged her from courts and literary salons. While living in sol ...
Notes
References
External links
* (Sonnets and sestina by Nicoletta Pasquale from Ruscelli's ''Sesto libro delle rime'', in the Anthologies of Italian Lyric Poetry curated by the
University of Pavia
The University of Pavia ( it, Università degli Studi di Pavia, UNIPV or ''Università di Pavia''; la, Alma Ticinensis Universitas) is a university located in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. There was evidence of teaching as early as 1361, making it one ...
)
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16th-century Italian poets
Italian women poets
Writers from Messina
Poets from Sicily
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16th-century Italian women writers